The Supreme Court of the Gambia on Tuesday delivers a landmark judgement in the case of Nominated National Assembly member Ya Kumba Jaiteh. The court nullified the revocation of Ya Kumba’s nomination.

Mrs Jaiteh’s nomination was revoked by President Adama Barrow last year after she fell out with the president.

She however challenged her revokation at the Supreme Court in Banjul.

In the Tuesday judgement, Hassan B Jallow, chief justice of The Gambia said: “the purpoted termination of nomination of Ya Kumba Jaiteh through an executive letter was unconstitutional, null and void.”

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